But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more. (Luke 12:48 NKJV)

 

…comes great responsibility? We were so blessed to be able to attend a Broadway show on a Saturday afternoon. Not just any Broadway show, but Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark! Now, Kenny is not a fan of musicals, but we both compromised in watching a superhero musical, since he’s into the superheroes and all. We were planning on going to Gramercy Tavern for lunch, but we thought we would have been late for the show so we went ahead and stayed in the very crowded Times Square. We settled by eating lunch at Bubba Gump’s, a restaurant in the movie Forrest Gump.. We must say, for a corporate chain, the food was pretty good! Kenny had the New Orleans Shrimp and I had a Pear and Berries salad with feta cheese, candied walnuts, grilled shrimp and a raspberry vinaigrette. Kenny’s shrimp was definitely the winner; his dish had a play of savory and spicy, and the rice served in the center helped balance the dish very nicely. The salad was very generous in size; however, it definitely is more of a winter salad, not summer. Overall, the experience was average.

Food: 3/5
Service: 5/5
Decor/Ambiance: 3/5

After lunch, we attended the Spider-Man show, and that was probably both of our highlights in our trip. We always love a good moral in a story; this Spider-Man kept truth to his original, except a few creative adjustments had to be made to fit the script for Broadway. The show was highly interactive, and all the flying fight scenes involved the actors having to interact with the audience.

When the show was over. We took a stroll around 5th avenue until we made it to our dinner destination, ABC Kitchen.

A hidden gem, ABC Kitchen is a very delightful restaurant to visit. Everything on the menu and the menu AND every single utensil) is 100% organic and GMO free. They depend on getting their produce from different farms in the area of New York and New Jersey. The menu was very simple and clean; the restaurant itself was very crowded and the tables were very close to each other. At times, we felt like we could join another table’s conversation…Kenny did.

We started off with two appetizers: a heirloom tomato toast and their staple pretzel crusted fried calamari, served with a mustard aioli and marinara sauce. Both good starters; however, we don’t think the heirloom tomato was worth $16. As our entrees, we both ordered fish. I had the black seabass with chilies, market potatoes and spinach. The seabass was served in an aromatic chili broth, and it was a very light dish for a summer afternoon. Kenny had the skuna bay salmon with spring peas, shoots and chili oil. The salmon was cooked rare to medium rare, and in Kenny’s words it was “freaking delicious!”

Finally we couldn’t have left without having dessert. We went with our server’s recommendation and had a the market strawberries with an almond cake and house-made yogurt. This one was a play of strawberry shortcake but a bit more savory than what we are used to. The strawberries were our favorite part of the whole dish, they were extremely fresh!

Food: 5/5
Service: 5/5
Decor/Ambiance: 4/5

When dinner was over, we pulled a Spider-Man and climbed 86 stories to the top of the Empire State Building… Ok, we didn’t climb, we waited almost 3 hours in line to get to an elevator and missed our train. We could have skipped this attraction, but lets just say it was a once in a lifetime experience. It was definitely frustrating and at times we wanted to push a few people away because of their attitude and rudeness; but “with great power comes great responsibility.” As Christians, our calling is to act differently and be kind towards those that are pure jerks. This line was definitely a good reminder throughout that night and the rest of our stay here.